For Sale SMU Horween 13.5" Slowpitch Model?

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Who is down? Tan/Black version with an H-Web? Do we want tradition stitch and embroidery colors or should we go a different route? Let me know I have a request in now since we are the exclusive horween Rawlings dealer right now we can do small batch orders.

I'm not really sure how the thinning of the leather goes but one of my Horween gloves has noticeably thinner leather than my others (just going by the feel of it) and it doesn't feel secure catching hard liners, the fingers sort of bend back farther than my other gloves.

You guys ask for big softball sized gloves then complain when they make you one and it is a few ounces heavier than a 12.75"?

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I knew the weight would be an issue once I saw this. If you have a 24 oz., 13.5" floppy glove, you think Horween is the answer, but then you try it on and wonder how you can play with a 28 oz glove.

My 13" Glovesmith (a full 13") is 24 oz, but it is JT tan leather, not horween. My 11.75" all Horween Glovesmith is 25 oz. That Horween is awesome leather, but heavy. If the interior and finger stalls are Horween, and the backs of the fingers are thinned down, it will still make for a stiff glove, but will save 2 oz. A 26 oz 13.5" Horween glove would be awesome.

Still light compared to a 32 oz. 13" Easton I relaced a couple of years back! Guy's glove weighed more than his bat!

I’m having a hard time understanding how a few ounces added to the glove adversely affects your ability to play softball.

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For a lot of (most) guys, it won't matter at all. But others will be waaay bothered and return or sell it immediately. In the outfield, I wouldn't mind one bit, but at third base, yeah, I wouldn't like a glove that heavy, even if the issue is just psychosomatic.

This discussion prompted me to weigh several of my gloves. My PROS27 Trap (12.75) is some sort of oil treated leather and weighs right on 28 oz. I use it at 3rd, and I'm 63. Yeah, it's heavy enough to notice, but the heftiness is nice on those hard liners. My PROS601 weighs about 27, which surprised me. Didn't think it was that close to the PROS27. The PRO701
HOH, also 12.75", I recently "restored" weighs 26 oz, and my PRO1005
HOH 12.5" weighs 24 oz.